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.IX Title "YOUTUBE-DL 1"
-.TH YOUTUBE-DL 1 "2010-08-09" "youtube-dl" "User Commands"
+.TH YOUTUBE-DL 1 "2010-12-10" "perl v5.10.1" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.IP "\-R \fBR\fR, \-\-retries=\fBR\fR" 4
.IX Item "-R R, --retries=R"
Number \fBR\fR of retries for a given download (default is 10).
+.IP "\-\-playlist\-start=\fBN\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--playlist-start=N"
+The number \fBN\fR of the video in a playlist where we should start downlading
+(default is 1).
+.IP "\-\-playlist\-end=\fBN\fR" 4
+.IX Item "--playlist-end=N"
+The number \fBN\fR of the video in a playlist where we should stop downloading
+(default is \-1, which stands for the last video in the playlist).
.IP "\-u \fB\s-1UN\s0\fR, \-\-username=\fB\s-1UN\s0\fR" 4
.IX Item "-u UN, --username=UN"
Specify the youtube account username \fB\s-1UN\s0\fR. Some videos require an
home directory. The machine name is youtube regarding this usage.
.IP "\-f \fB\s-1FMT\s0\fR, \-\-format=\fB\s-1FMT\s0\fR" 4
.IX Item "-f FMT, --format=FMT"
-Specify the video format (quality) in which to download the video. Note
-that not all videos are available in all formats.
+Specify the video format (quality) in which to download the video.
+.Sp
+For youtube.com, in particular, the meaning of the format codes is given as:
+.RS 4
+.IP "WebM video at 480p: 43" 4
+.IX Item "WebM video at 480p: 43"
+.PD 0
+.IP "WebM video at 720p: 45" 4
+.IX Item "WebM video at 720p: 45"
+.IP "H264 video in \s-1MP4\s0 container at 480p: 18" 4
+.IX Item "H264 video in MP4 container at 480p: 18"
+.IP "H264 video in \s-1MP4\s0 container at 720p: 22" 4
+.IX Item "H264 video in MP4 container at 720p: 22"
+.IP "H264 video in \s-1MP4\s0 container at 1080p: 37" 4
+.IX Item "H264 video in MP4 container at 1080p: 37"
+.IP "H264 video in \s-1FLV\s0 container at 360p: 34" 4
+.IX Item "H264 video in FLV container at 360p: 34"
+.IP "H264 video in \s-1FLV\s0 container at 480p: 35" 4
+.IX Item "H264 video in FLV container at 480p: 35"
+.IP "H263 video at 240p: 5" 4
+.IX Item "H263 video at 240p: 5"
+.IP "3GP video: 17" 4
+.IX Item "3GP video: 17"
+.RE
+.RS 4
+.PD
+.Sp
+Note that not all videos are available in all formats.
+.RE
.IP "\-b, \-\-best\-quality" 4
.IX Item "-b, --best-quality"
This option is deprecated, does nothing currently, and is expected to be
Use the literal title of the video in file name used to download the
video. Can contain \*(L"weird\*(R" characters that are not filtered like with
the \-t option.
+.IP "\-A, \-\-auto\-number" 4
+.IX Item "-A, --auto-number"
+When downloading multiple videos from a playlist, automatically number them,
+in sequence, starting from 00000.
.IP "\-o \fB\s-1TPL\s0\fR, \-\-output=\fB\s-1TPL\s0\fR" 4
.IX Item "-o TPL, --output=TPL"
Specify a template \fB\s-1TPL\s0\fR for the names of the files to be created when